Clothes-pressing iron



Patented Jan. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES ANTON GLOWA, OF HOBO-KEN, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHES-PRESSING- IRON.

Application filed February 27, 1924. Serial No. 695,449.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON GLowA, a citizen of United States, residing at Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Clothes-Pressing Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes pressing irons and particularly to types used by tailors in pressing garments to remove wrinkles or the like.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an iron made in two equal halves, separable along its median line under the application of pressure, whereby wrinkles may be easily eradicated by stretching the fabric sideways.

Another purpose is to produce an iron normally presenting a flat, level uniform lower surface but which may be expanded laterally by pressing the handle forcily, the parts instantly assuming their normal position upon reducing the pressure.

A further aim is in the provision of a smoothing iron having the usual appearance of an ordinary flat iron and capable of filling its functions fully, in addition to its expansible feature.

These several objects are accomplished by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a partial plan view showing an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-8 of Figure 2.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the numeral 10 designates a conventional type of handle shaped to be conveniently grasped in the hand of an operator, its ends being engaged by lazy-tong elements 11 pivoted at their lower extending ends to another pair of like elements 12, crossed and held at their intersection by pivots 13.

The opposite ends of the elements 12 are pivoted to opposed pairs of brackets 14 and 15 respectively at the rear and near the front of the iron, one of each pair being fixed on the sides 16 and 16.

Said sides are normally drawn into intimate contact by pairs of coiled tension springs 17 and 17 set in recesses 18 and 18',

formed in register in the iron sides, the spring engaging pins 19 fixed transversely in the recesses.

It will now be apparent that if the han dle 10 be pressed forcibly downward, the lazy-tong elements will operate to press the bracket pairs outwardly apart, carrying the two sides of the iron with them, against the tension of the springs 17 and 17.

In order to prevent excessive separation of these side members, a strap 20 is provided, one end of which is secured by the fixed pin 21 and the other end is furnished with a slot 22, the same being receptive of another pin 23 fixed in the mating side member.

Thus a limit of lateral movement is provided and it will be apparent that the spring will draw the parts closely together whenever the pressure on the handle is reduced.

In operation it will be understood that creases, wrinkles and the like are readily smoothed by the iron, this effect being intensified by the stretching produced upon the articles when the handle is pressed with more than the usual force.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. A pressing iron formed in two equal parts separable along its median line, a handle combined therewith, and means actuated by said handle for causing separation of the parts.

2. A pressing iron formed in two equal parts separable along its median line, means for normally maintaining said parts in contact with each other, a handle for actuating said iron, and means actuated by the application of forcible pressure to said handle to cause separation of said parts.

3. A pressing iron formed in two equal parts separable along its median line, means for normally maintaining said parts in contact with each other, a handle for actuating said iron, means actuated by the application of forcible pressure to said handle to cause separation of said parts, and means for limiting the extent of separation of said parts.

In witness whereof I have afiixed my signature.

ANTON GLOWA. 

